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Emma Hasson is a PhD candidate in Mathematics at the CUNY Graduate Center with expertise in math education and communication. Emma is the 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellow at Scientific American.

Mark Boslough is a physicist who assesses the risk of impacts and airbursts for planetary defense. He is a research professor of Earth and planetary sciences at the University of New Mexico.

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